So i know im gonna be made fun of....whatever.
Im posting on here to see if anyone can give me some advice.
I started working for Swift. (I know first mistake...yea yea ive heard it all)
I am fresh out of school through somewhere else and was trying to get TRAINING so that i could start my career.....so i got paired with a trainer. I met my trainer yesterday... nice guy but HEAVY foreign accent...very hard to understand and chain smoker to where i had to hang my head out the window to breathe.
I met with him at the terminal first thing that morning before leaving the terminal had a oil leak.. i crawled down checking it, tried to do my pre trip and wasnt afraid to get dirty...i was humble and transparent. Told him im fresh from school, never drove except for taking my test.
He had me drive IMMEDIATELY. I drove from the terminal in decatur.. within the first 30 minutes i was driving i was to make a left turn... he said "turn left" so i went to turn left(properly) when he all of a sudden starts yelling "straight, stay straight,go straight, stay straight" so i listened and ended up in oncoming lane and he told me to jump the median....so i did. He had me continue to drive into ATL on the highway to mcdonough where i dropped and picked up a load.
His driver lead called and told him to drop me back at the terminal because they had seen the camera footage... he had me drive back through ATL to DECATUR to the terminal where i stayed the night in the truck until this AM when they fired me without ever allowing me to even plead my case or anything.
I know im gonna be made fun of. Whatever i dont care but keep in mind it was my first day ever driving and i was made to drive thru heavily congested areas immediately and i was listening to my trainer whom kept contradicting everything he said and also everything I WAS ALREADY taught. ALSO worthy of noting that as i continued to drive i got better, making corrections as needed and was scanning my mirrors as i was taught. He actually would tell me stop even looking at a specific mirror and was never properly clear on instructions.
I made this post to ask is there ANYTHING that i can do but move on..im sitting at the terminal waiting on a ride home
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Fired on the first day
So i know im gonna be made fun of....whatever. Im posting on here to see if anyone can give me some advice. I started working for Swift. (I know first mistake...yea yea ive heard it all)
I am fresh out of school through somewhere else and was trying to get TRAINING so that i could start my career.....so i got paired with a trainer. I met my trainer yesterday... nice guy but HEAVY foreign accent...very hard to understand and chain smoker to where i had to hang my head out the window to breathe.
I met with him at the terminal first thing that morning before leaving the terminal had a oil leak.. i crawled down checking it, tried to do my pre trip and wasnt afraid to get dirty...i was humble and transparent. Told him im fresh from school, never drove except for taking my test.
He had me drive IMMEDIATELY. I drove from the terminal in decatur.. within the first 30 minutes i was driving i was to make a left turn... he said "turn left" so i went to turn left(properly) when he all of a sudden starts yelling "straight, stay straight,go straight, stay straight" so i listened and ended up in oncoming lane and he told me to jump the median....so i did. He had me continue to drive into ATL on the highway to mcdonough where i dropped and picked up a load.
His driver lead called and told him to drop me back at the terminal because they had seen the camera footage... he had me drive back through ATL to DECATUR to the terminal where i stayed the night in the truck until this AM when they fired me without ever allowing me to even plead my case or anything.
I know im gonna be made fun of. Whatever i dont care but keep in mind it was my first day ever driving and i was made to drive thru heavily congested areas immediately and i was listening to my trainer whom kept contradicting everything he said and also everything I WAS ALREADY taught. ALSO worthy of noting that as i continued to drive i got better, making corrections as needed and was scanning my mirrors as i was taught. He actually would tell me stop even looking at a specific mirror and was never properly clear on instructions.
I made this post to ask is there ANYTHING that i can do but move on..im sitting at the terminal waiting on a ride home